Yes, the green beer will be flowing on St. Patrick’s Day at The Magic Castle. And with that day falling on a Friday, you best have your reservations already. It is highly recommended that walk-ins show up early. Monitor your Castle Text Alerts for capacity and parking warnings.

Text Alerts?

Yes, we’ve had a text alert system in place for quite some time. If you have not set it up yet, do so by texting CAPACITY to 99000. You will then start receiving text alerts when the club and/or parking lot has reached capacity, traffic warnings, buyout reminders, and other issues that could affect your visit.

And Just After the Green Beer Wears Off …

The Annual General Meeting of the Membership of the Academy of Magical Arts will take place on March 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the Palace of Mystery. For those unable to attend in person, it will stream live of The Facebook. You must have a Facebook account and be a member of the AMA’s private group to view live. The video will also be posted to the AMA site.

Voting to Close Soon

Online voting for the showroom and lecturer awards will close at 11:59 p.m. on March 6. As a reminder, the nominees are:

The 49th AMA Awards Show will take place on April 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets are still available and include passage into The Magic Castle for the after party (for attendees over 21 years of age, dress code is enforced). There are no membership requirements for the show, and kids are welcome as well (but they cannot attend the after party). Ticket information is here:http://www.magiccastle.com/awardsshow2017/ where you can see a two minute “sizzle reel” featuring last year’s show.

We have been given a sneak peek at a couple of the Fellowship honorees. Franz Harary will receive a Special Fellowship and Derek DelGaudio has been named 2016 Magician of the Year.

The talent lineup this year will have Gene Anderson acting as the emcee with performances by Ma Yan Yan (China), Vononin (The Ukraine), Jorge Blass with Almudena Cid (Spain), Den Den (Japan), and Joseph Gabriel (USA).

See you there!

Plan Ahead

The Castle’s Young Adults Nights are always popular and always sell out. So consider this your warning: April 10 and 11 are the nights that people ages 13 to 20 are allowed into the clubhouse during regular hours. The member must be present, the dress code is in effect, and reservations are not required but are recommended.

And for those who liked the last time they were grilled by Quizmaster Jon Armstrong, Round 2 of the Inner Circle Quiz Night will take place on April 17. See page 20 of the March Newsletter for details, and don’t hesitate.

No Schlitz Sherlock

Brooks Wachtel is a longtime AMA Member, a talented writer, and an all-around swell guy. Hosted by Paul Green, Brooks will be holding a Q&A conducted by Misty Lee and signing for his new book, Lady Sherlock in the Inner Circle on March 27 starting at 8PM. All members are welcome.

March Munchies

The Member Only (and any vegan/vegetarian all week long) menu for March is:

All lectures are for AMA Members only, start at 3PM in the Parlour (subject to change), and are limited t to capacity of the room. Numbered tickets must be picked up at the front desk upon check in. First come first served!

From Our Family to His

To say Daryl was a castle favorite is an understatement. His annual visits were highly anticipated, and were week-long events. He worked both the early and late shifts in the room he worked (few performers get this perk from the Entertainment Director), worked the brunch shows, Friday lunch if he was booked in the Close-Up Gallery, and he would lecture as well. I once joked that he would be parking cars as well. (He asked where he needed to sign up for the gig.) How did he do it?

Hi tragic death has put an unexpected strain on his widow Alison and their daughters. There are several ways you can help support his family at this difficult time. First, their online business is open for business. Take advantage of some of the best, most commercial magic available, as well as some great DVDs (his discography is stunning), the new reprints of his first two books, and more. All of it is available at http://www.daryl.net/ .

Direct donations can be made by sending funds through PayPal's “friends and family” option directly to magic[at]daryl[dot]net (of course replace the [at] with @ and [dot] with a period). Be sure to select the “Friends and Family” option as this ensures that 100-percent of the funds gets to them. The funds must come from a PP balance or bank account (no credit cards).

If you would like to donate via credit card, please call Membership Director Trish Alaskey at the AMA at 323-851-3313 extension 301.

Or, to donate by check or money order, make it payable to "The Academy of Magical Arts, Easton Family Fund" and mail it to: